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. 2016 Jan 7;24(6):1274–1280. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2016.01.005

Table 7.

Effect of grafting technique on fruit yield and quality of tomato plants under different levels of irrigation water salinity.

Salinity treatment (dS/m) Grafting treatment Total yield (kg/m2) TSS (%) TA (%) Vitamin C (mg/100 g)
First season 2011/2012
0.52 Grafted 13.75 5.20 0.55 17.04
Non-grafted 13.36 5.07 0.54 16.60
3.76 Grafted 12.30 5.78 0.51 19.31
Non-grafted 10.69 6.08 0.55 19.98
LSD 0.05 2.53 0.90 0.09 2.30



Second season 2012/2013
0.52 Grafted 13.95 5.17 0.56 17.14
Non-grafted 13.62 5.08 0.56 16.68
3.76 Grafted 12.56 5.76 0.54 19.47
Non-grafted 11.13 6.13 0.55 20.23
LSD 0.05 2.30 0.97 0.02 5.56